Sent from my iPhone On Aug 13, 2009, at 1:59 PM, Cheryl Homiak <chomiak at charter.net> wrote: > The idea of using dmesg is an excellent one. But you will need to > run it with sudo unless you have a root password set up and can run > it as su. > > Also, check to see if you have a /de/tty.usbserial. You meant /dev/TTY.usbserial right. I checked in /dev with synthesizer plugged in, but couldn't find tty.usbserial I did find ttys0 though. > It is true that some devices are supported in the kernel; the two > usb-seial cables i've used have to have drivers but you might have > hit on one that doesn't require a driver. What's tricky here is that > the brand name of the cable doesn't necesssarily match with the name > of the actual cable sometimes. for instance, my prolific cable > actually is the cable sold by several different vendors. My keyspan, > on the other hand, is definitely keyspan. > > > -- > Cheryl > "Let the words of my mouth, > and the meditation of my heart, > be acceptable in thy sight, > O LORD, my strength, and my redeemer." > (Psalm 19:14 Bible KJV) > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > Speakup mailing list > Speakup at braille.uwo.ca > http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup
